Top 10 players of all time

[calsnowskier]

I decided to run a little game over the next few weeks. I want to determine who we as a board view as the top 10 players of all time.

Here is how I will do it. I will start by taking nominations in this thread. Then I will post a poll every few days to vote for the best all remaining players. The first poll will be for the top player, the second for the 2nd best player, etc. If a poll does not have a clear 50%+1 winner, there will be a run off of the top vote getters until a player wins.

The poll function on this site allows for 35 options. While I don’t think we will need that many options, that is a limitation we need to deal with.

Please your noms for the first poll.

 

[calsnowskier]

I will start with some of the more obvious players…

Ruth
Mays
Williams
Josh Gibson
Bonds
Griffey Jr
Mantle
Schmidt
Ohtani
Judge
Henderson
Ripken
Maddux
Clemens
Koufax
Frank Robinson
Gehrig
Bench
Fisk
Cobb
Ott
Oh
Paige

 

[msgkings322]

I will start with some of the more obvious players…

Ruth
Mays
Williams
Josh Gibson
Bonds
Griffey Jr
Mantle
Schmidt
Ohtani
Judge
Henderson
Ripken
Maddux
Clemens
Koufax
Frank Robinson
Gehrig
Bench
Fisk
Cobb
Ott
Oh
Paige

List of career WAR leaders

Career Leaders &amp Records for Wins Above Replacement | Baseball-Reference.com

Career WAR Leaders:1.Babe Ruth+/182.6/10628, 2.Walter Johnson+/166.9/2534, 3.Cy Young+/163.6/3104, 4.Barry Bonds/162.8/12606, 5.Willie Mays+/156.2/12545, 6.Ty Cobb+/151.5/13103, 7.Henry Aaron+/143.1/13941, 8.Roger Clemens/139.2/213, 9.Tris Speaker+/134.9/12020, 10.Honus&nbs

www.baseball-reference.com

 

[msgkings322]

Pujols
Musial
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
ARod

 

[broncosmitty]

Get Ripken outta there.

 

[broncosmitty]

Hornsby

 

[broncosmitty]

Wagner

 

[nynasty]

No love for Hammerin' Hank?

 

[nynasty]

1st all time in RBI and total bases

2nd in HR

4th in runs scored


He at least deserves a mention

 

[steveringo]

If you include koufax, you should include Pedro Martinez.

 

[steveringo]

While already great, probably take out ohtani and judge from this all-time exercise...

 

[steveringo]

Mariano Rivera

 

[steveringo]

RJ

 

[calsnowskier]

No love for Hammerin' Hank?

Nominate him. This is the early phase. Just brainstorming right now

 

[calsnowskier]

While already great, probably take out ohtani and judge from this all-time exercise...

This isn’t the list. This is just nominations.

 

[calsnowskier]

I think we have more than enough for the first poll….